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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



103174 to 103357— Continued. 



103356. Vaccinium delavayi Franch. 



No. 23522. From Mount Moting, 

 east of Atuntze, Yunnan, at 12,000 feet 

 altitude. A shrub with pink flowers, 

 found among rocks. 



103357. VlTis pentagona Diels and Gilg. 

 Vitaceae. Grape. 



No. 24574. Between Muli and Kulu, 

 Szpohwan, at 9.000 feet altitude. A 

 woody vine, native to China, with the 

 stems and leaves reddish-gray tomentose. 

 The long-petioled, papery ovate leaves 

 are usually five-angled, and the flowers 

 are greenish. 



For previous introduction see 93969. 



103358. Phoenix abyssinica Drude. 

 Phoenicaceae. Date palm. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by the di- 

 rector of the Ufficio Agrario, Asmara, 

 Eritrea, through the Royal Botanic Gar- 

 dens, Kew, England. Received June 23, 

 1933. 



A palm, native to Ethiopia, closely re- 

 sembling the common date palm. The lower 

 leaflets are reduced to spines, while the 

 upper ones, lanceolate and 10 inches long, 

 are in separated groups. The dry cylindri- 

 cal fruits are about 1 inch long, with no 

 flesh. Introduced for the use of Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



103359 to 103402. 



IFrom the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by A. P. Iljinski, 

 chief botanist in charge of the Botanic 

 Garden, Leningrad. Received June 21, 

 1933. 



103359. Acer caudatum ukurunduense 

 (Trautv. and Meyer) Rehd. Acerace- 

 ae. Maple. 



A small Manchurian tree with coarsely 

 toothed 5- or 7-lobed leaves. 



For previous introduction see 91244. 



103360 to 103375. Aquilegia spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Columbine. 



and 103361. Aquilegia alpina L. 

 Alpine columbine. 



103360. An alpine columbine about 

 12 inches high, native to Switzer- 

 land. The biternate leaves have 

 deeply lobed divisions 1 to 2 

 inches long, and the expanded 

 flowers are 2 inches across with 

 blue sepals and white petals, the 

 incurved spurs being as long as 

 the petals. 



103361. Variety superba. 



103362. Aquilegia atrata Koch. 



A perennial columbine closely re- 

 sembling Aquilegia vulgaris, but differ- 

 ing in its more deeply lobed leaves and 

 smaller flowers, which are blackish 

 violet with long protruding stamens. 

 Native to central Europe. 



103363. Aquilegia bertolonii Schott. 



An alpine plant over a foot high, 

 with long-stemmed biternate, incised- 

 lobed basal leaves and pale-blue flow- 

 ers. It is native to the Alps. 



For previous introduction see 

 101769. 



103359 to 103402— Continued. 



103364. Aquilegia brevistyla Hook. 



A pubescent or glandular perennial 

 native to northwestern America. The 

 basal leaves are biternate with three- 

 lobed and coarsely serrate leaflets, the 

 stem leaves are ternate or simple and 

 three-lobed. The blue and white flow- 

 ers are less than an inch long, and the 

 spurs are about one-third of an inch 

 long. 



103365. Aquilegia buergeriana Sieb. 

 and Zucc. 



A perennial herb, native to Japan, 

 with biternate leaves and yellow flow- 

 ers tinted with purple. The erect 

 nearly straight spurs are as long as 

 the petals. 



103366. Aquilegia carmasina Hort. 



A name for which a place of publi- 

 cation and a description have not been 

 found. 



103367. Aquilegia caucasica (Ledeb.) 

 Rupr. 



An upright herbaceous perennial, na- 

 tive to the Caucasus, with biternate, 

 finely pubescent leaves and rather 

 large attractive flowers, the sepals 

 being pink or sky blue and the petals 

 yellow. 



103368. Aquilegia einseleana Schultz. 



A columbine from the Alps of west- 

 ern Germany, with stiff, ternate. in- 

 cised or crenate leaves and blue flow- 

 ers, smaller than those of Aquilegia 

 alpina. 



For previous introduction see 

 101768. 



103369. Aquilegia fragrans Benth. 



A perennial herb, possibly a form 

 of Aquilegia vulgaris, native to the 

 Himalavas at altitudes between 3 000 

 and 14.000 feet in India and Tibet. 

 The stems and leaves are softly pubes- 

 cent or glandular and often glaucous, 

 and the white fragrant flowers have 

 long slender straight or hooked spurs. 



103370. Aquilegia helenae Hort. 



Helen columbine. 



Considered to be a hybrid between 

 Aquilegia caerulea and A. chrysantha. 

 The plants are robust with numerous 

 blue and white flowers. 



103371. Aquilegia monstrosa Hort. 



A name for which a place of publi- 

 cation and a description have not been 

 found. 



103372. Aouilegia sibirica Lam. 



Siberian columbine. 



A nearly glabrous perennial herb, t 

 to 2 feet high, native to Siberia. 

 The biternate leaves are made up of 

 shallow-lobed leaflets 1 to 2 inches 

 broad, and the many lilac-blue and 

 white flowers have stout incurved or 

 even coiled spurs one-half inch long. 



103373 to 103375. Aquilegia vulgaris 

 L. European columbine. 



103373. Variety nivea grandiflora; 

 large white flowers produced In 

 great profusion. 



